Irena Brežná was born in 1950 in Bratislava, which was then in Czechoslovakia. Together with her parents she emigrated to Switzerland in 1968. She studied Slavic languages, philosophy and psychology…
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Hermann Broch Hermann Broch, born in 1886, grew up in Vienna. He was at the head of the textile factory belonging to his family for 20 years before he decided to live…
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Ulf Brunnbauer Ulf Brunnbauer, born in 1970 in Linz, studied History, Russian Philology, Sociology and Macroeconomics in Graz and Moscow. In 1999 he gained his Ph.D. at the University of Graz, where…
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Kaśka Bryla Kaśka Bryla grew up between Vienna and Warsaw. In 2015, she co-founded the literary magazine and author network “PS-Politisch Schreiben”. She prefers to live and work in collective contexts. She…
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Snežana Bukal Snežana Bukal was born in 1957 in Belgrade. Already at the age of 17, she received the October Prize of the City of Belgrade for her unpublished book of poems.
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Diana Burazer Diana Burazer was born in Zagreb in 1953. She went to school in Pleternica (Slavonia) and Ljubuški (Bosnia and Herzegovina), studied Mathematics in Zagreb and then lived in Mostar, Bosnia,…
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Adolf Burger Adolf Burger, born in 1917 in what is today Slovakia, is a skilled book printer and typesetter. In 1942, he and his wife were deported to Auschwitz, and two years…
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Ahmed Burić Ahmed Burić, born in 1967 in Sarajevo, studied at the Faculty for Political Sciences, specialising in Journalism. He is a poet, translator, literary critic, editor, screenplay writer and journalist. His…
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Roland Buti Roland Buti, born in Lausanne in 1964, is a high school history teacher. In his free time he dedicates himself to research and literature. His novel Year of the Drought…
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Rumena Bužarovska Rumena Bužarovska, born in 1981 in Skopje, is the author of three short story collections, a booklet of flash fiction, and a study on humour in contemporary American and Macedonian…
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Marie-Janine Calic Marie-Janine Calic was born in 1962 in Berlin. After earning her PhD in Eastern European History from the LMU Munich in 1992, she worked until 2004 as an academic consultant…
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Elias Canetti Elias Canetti was born on 25 July 1905 in Russe (present-day Bulgaria) to Spanish-Jewish parents. In 1911 his family moved to England and in 1913, after the death of his…